Mother charged after letting underage children get tattoos from sex offender

A 31-year-old mother of three from Central Texas has been charged by police after allowing a sex offender to tattoo her three underage children.

Ashley Nikole Weir was arrested in Lago Vista on Monday after the children's father alerted police.

According to an arrest affidavit, the father first became aware of the tattoos after his 13-year-old son called him and asked to be picked them up from Weir's house, saying "they had a surprise for him and that he might not like it."

When the father arrived at the house he claims he found Weir "passed out drunk", while his three children each had a fresh ankle tattoo.

The 13-year-old had a cross inked onto on his right ankle, his 10-year-old daughter had a cross and infinity symbol, and his 9-year-old daughter had a heart with an arrow through it.

The 13-year-old told police that, when the children arrived at the mother's house, she had told them to get the tattoos "but not to cry or whine about it when it hurts."

Also present were Weir's boyfriend and his brother - a registered sex offender. It's believed the brother carried out the tattooing, although the mother has not confirmed this.